News:
The New York Times analyses the collapse [1] of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. (New York Times)
Some Israeli politicians are seeking to unilaterally draw new borders. [2] (Reuters)
Peace Now [3] says Israel [4] increased settlement [5] work four-fold [6] during recent peace [7] talks. [8](AP/Reuters/AFP/Jerusalem Post/Ynet/The National)
Sec. Kerry [9] says he chose the wrong word [10] in describing Israel’s potential future [11] as an “apartheid state.” [12] (AP/New York Times/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
Many Jewish-American groups criticize Kerry’s remarks. [13] (Ha’aretz)
Pres. Abbas says there can be no peace with Israel without first defining the borders [14] of a future Palestinian state. (AFP)
The PLO says its ready to resume negotiations if Israel freezes settlements [15] and releases the fourth batch of prisoners. (Ha’aretz)
The White House says Hamas-Fatah reconciliation is not necessarily a “bad thing.” [16] (Ha’aretz)
Hamas leader Abu Marzouk says the Palestinian unity government will be “technocratic not political.” [17](Ha’aretz)
Israeli occupation forces demolish a mosque [18] in the West Bank. [19] (Reuters/Ma’an)
Jewish “price tag” [20] extremists [21] vandalize [22] a mosque [23] in northern Israel. [24] (AP/AFP/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post/JTA)
Officials warn that Jordan’s custodianship of the Al Aqsa Mosque is “in danger.” [25] (Jordan Times)
Israel’s Jerusalem wall splits a Palestinian family. [26] (AP)
Egypt opens the Rafah crossing [27] for two days. (Ma’an)
PM Erdogan [28] says normalization [29] with Israel is a matter of “days or weeks.” [30] (Jerusalem Post/Ynet/Times of Israel)
A car bomb [31] in Homs kills 36. [32] (AP/Xinhua)
Militants pose a threat on the eve of national elections in Iraq. [33] (New York Times)
Erdogan calls on the US to extradite his rival [34], the Muslim cleric Gulen. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Faisal Al Yafai [35] says Kerry is seeking to shock Israel out of its complacency. (The National)
Christopher Fettweis [36] says, to achieve peace, both Israelis and Palestinians must put aside their past. (Los Angeles Times)
The National [37] looks at how the Palestinians view the Holocaust. (The National)
Zeina Barakat [38] defends her visit to Auschwitz with Professor Dajani. (The Atlantic)
Thane Rosenbaum [39] says Israel should welcome Abbas’ recent remarks about the Holocaust. (Ha’aretz)
Sharif Nashashibi [40] says Palestinians should ensure that the PA sticks to its promise and joins the ICC. (Al Arabiya)
Ari Shavit [41] proposes unilateral measures by Israel and the Palestinians. (New Republic)
Richard Cohen [42] says Hamas’ anti-semitism must be repudiated for a lasting peace in the Middle East. (Washington Post)
Akiva Eldar [43] says the peace process has failed due to Israeli recalcitrance. (Ha’aretz)
Matthew Longo, Daphna Canetti and Nancy Hite-Rubin [44] they say peace must address the “daily facts on the ground” for most people. (Christian Science Monitor)
Ha’aretz [45] says Israel must make the history of the Palestinians an integral part of every school curriculum. (Ha’aretz)
The Daily Star [46] asks if Western supporters of the Syrian opposition will actually do something now that Pres. Assad is seeking reelection. (Daily Star)
Anne-Marie Slaughter [47] says the solution to the crisis in Ukraine lies partly in Syria. (Daily Star)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [48] says former PM Blair’s speech is a call to save “moderate Islam.” (Al Arabiya)